Finn O'Brien

Appreciate the clear steps. The dry-run tip in particular saved me from a mistake I would not have caught otherwise.

Could you say more about how you measured the result? I want to try this but I am not sure what success would look like.

Tried this on a staging copy first and it behaved exactly as described. Confident enough to roll it to production now.

Yes. The recommended approach is to use Access Rules on the space: set the rule type to Membership, pick the level, and set the space visibility to Private. Members at…

Tried this on a staging copy first and it behaved exactly as described. Confident enough to roll it to production now.

Could you say more about how you measured the result? I want to try this but I am not sure what success would look like.

This is the answer I wish I had found six months ago. Would have saved me a weekend of trial and error.

Solid breakdown. The only thing I would add is to back up before making the change — better safe than sorry.

Great point. I had not considered the angle you raised in the second paragraph — it reframes the whole thing for me.

Could you say more about how you measured the result? I want to try this but I am not sure what success would look like.

One caveat for larger communities: keep an eye on the indexes. At a few thousand rows the difference is night and day.

This matches my experience exactly. The hard part is staying consistent once the initial novelty wears off.

This matches my experience exactly. The hard part is staying consistent once the initial novelty wears off.

Solid breakdown. The only thing I would add is to back up before making the change — better safe than sorry.

Solid breakdown. The only thing I would add is to back up before making the change — better safe than sorry.

This matches my experience exactly. The hard part is staying consistent once the initial novelty wears off.

Following this thread closely. We are about to face the exact same decision and the replies here are gold.

For what it is worth, the same approach works with the PMPro adapter — the membership side is identical from here.

This is the answer I wish I had found six months ago. Would have saved me a weekend of trial and error.

Following this thread closely. We are about to face the exact same decision and the replies here are gold.